How To Share Your Medical ID During An Emergency Call

How to Share your Medical ID during an Emergency Call

How to Share your Medical ID during an Emergency Call.

Starting with iOS 13.5 iPhone users are able to configure their smartphone to automatically share their Medical ID during an Emergency Call. This new feature has been noticed alongside the 4th beta version of the upcoming software update. As soon as you open the Health app, for the first time after upgrading, you’re prompted by a new splash screen. It gives you the option to review your Medical ID and you’re informed that you can now allow your iPhone or Apple Watch to share your Medical data with first responders.

Apple tries to help health authorities by prompting users to make sure that their Medical ID info is accurate. The option to share your data during an emergency call can greatly speed up the process of the medical assistance that you require. More, you can also choose to make your Medical ID available on the iPhone Lock Screen. That should be useful if you’re unconscious when the first responders reach you.

How To Share Your Medical ID During Emergency Call
how to share Medical ID during emergency call Before you start make sure that your iPhone runs iOS 13.5 or later.
1. Open the Health app.
2. Tap on your Account Profile icon (top-right corner of the screen).
3. Select Medical ID.
4. Scroll for Share During Emergency Call and enable the feature.
Fact: This feature only works if Enhanced Emergency Data is supported in your area. Apple uses the location readings to determine if your Medical ID can be forwarded to the emergency services. Apple informs that when Medical ID sharing is enabled your location and the encrypted Medical ID are shared via call or text to first responders.

How To Troubleshoot Medical ID Sharing Feature
how to enable location services for emergency calls & sos feature A. Apparently this new feature is available only in the United States, at the time of publishing. We’ll update you as soon as the feature expands to other countries.
B. If you’re in the U.S. and the feature doesn’t work make sure that your iPhone is set to allow Location Services for the Emgergency Calls & SOS option.
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll for Privacy.
3. Select Location Services and make sure that they’re enabled.
4. Scroll for System Services.
5. Enable access for the Emergency Calls & SOS feature.

How To Share Your Medical ID On iPhone Lock Screen
how to share Medical ID on iPhone Lock ScreeniOS 13.5 also gives you the option to publish your Medical ID on the Lock Screen and provide useful info to first responders in case you are blacked out when they reach you.
1. Open the Health app.
2. Tap on your Account Profile icon (top-right corner of the screen).
3. Select Medical ID.
4. Scroll for Show When Locked and enable it.
Fact: To read the Medical ID when the iPhone is locked you have to tap Emergency -> Medical ID. On Apple Watch you have to press & hold the Side Button and drag the Medical ID slider to the right.

Do you plan to enable this new Medical ID feature? Let us know if the comments section available below!

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